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90_HB3399ham004

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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3399
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3399,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    as follows:
 4    by replacing the title with the following:
 5        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the Family Practice Residency Act by
 6    changing Section 10."; and
 7    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 8    following:
 9        "Section 5.  The Family Practice Residency Act is amended
10    by changing Section 10 as follows:
11        (110 ILCS 935/10) (from Ch. 144, par. 1460)
12        Sec.  10.  Scholarship recipients who fail to fulfill the
13    obligation described in subsection (d)  of  Section  3.07  of
14    this  Act  shall pay to the Department a sum equal to 3 times
15    the amount of the annual scholarship grant for each year  the
16    recipient  fails  to  fulfill such obligation.  A scholarship
17    recipient who fails to fulfill the  obligation  described  in
18    subsection  (d)  of  Section 3.07 shall have 30 days from the
19    date on which that failure begins in which to  enter  into  a
20    contract  with  the  Department that sets forth the manner in
21    which that sum is required to be paid.  If  the  contract  is
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 1    not entered into within that 30 day period or if the contract
 2    is entered into but the required payments are not made in the
 3    amounts  and  at  the  times  provided  in  the contract, the
 4    scholarship recipient also shall be required to  pay  to  the
 5    Department interest at the rate of 9% per annum on the amount
 6    of that sum remaining due and unpaid.
 7        Until  January  1, 2000 the Director may waive payment of
 8    the sum otherwise due under this Section in  the  case  of  a
 9    scholarship  recipient who (i) practices psychiatry full-time
10    in a Designated Shortage Area one year for each  year  he  or
11    she  was  a scholarship recipient, but does not practice as a
12    primary care physician, and (ii) has met or meets  all  other
13    qualifications  for receipt of the scholarship as provided in
14    this Act.
15        The amounts paid to the  Department  under  this  Section
16    shall be deposited into the Community Health Center Care Fund
17    and  shall  be  used  by  the Department to improve access to
18    primary  health  care  services  as  authorized  by   Section
19    55.53(a) of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois.
20        The  Department  may transfer to the Illinois Development
21    Finance  Authority,  into  an  account  outside   the   State
22    treasury,  moneys in the Community Health Center Care Fund as
23    needed, but not to exceed an amount established, by rule,  by
24    the  Department  to establish a reserve or credit enhancement
25    escrow account to support a financing program or  a  loan  or
26    equipment  leasing  program  to provide moneys to support the
27    purposes of Section 55.53(a) of the Civil Administrative Code
28    of Illinois. The disposition of moneys at the  conclusion  of
29    any  financing program under this Section shall be determined
30    by an interagency agreement.
31    (Source: P.A. 90-405, eff. 1-1-98.)
32        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
33    becoming law.".

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